The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-09-13
For THE YOUNG FOLKS.
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Training School for Boys and Girls.
DEAR NnrHEws AND NINCEs: l do not
'>s .ls2t What shall have to do with Aunt Susie.
Niost 'iine ago She cut good deal out of one ofmy
uteFs' ana am afraid TO say lmuch, for fear that
I!'s nousey that ate up some of your letters may
Se' ho'd ofmine. She says / must not write such
long letters to her children she is nearly always
sat ana rather think my letters are too long, so
l wiz Try ANA make them shorter-if can.
we leave New Orleans on the Louisville and
NashVlue railroad so that we may enjoy the heauti-
1ui rue along the coast by daylight The road runs
rlght on the evee from the foot of Canal street. so
'hat we have a beautiful view of the river on
er right with the steamers and other vessels on our
!elt' we pass the United States mint, a number Of
peauuiul parks and the foot OF the Esplanade,
wuch Is the "toney street ofthe Creole population.
ferhaps most of you know it, but the Creoles are
descendants ofthe French who settled here.
forgot to tell you of one of the most beautiful
thllgs In New Orleans and that's the marble hall in
me custom house. The room is very high, perhaps
'ofty feet high and about sixty feet square, and its
hoor Is of marble and in the center large star; the
1901 is supported by think, twelve white columns
Ill the Cornthean style of architecture There is no
room III the United States not even in Washington
elat compares with it in beauty. But now will
20 on our journey. We turn to the left leaving the
leVee ana go into broad street called the Elysian
Fields, but never could think why was so called
unless some one did joke for it is poor look
ing street and one of the worst parts of the city.
I'VE travel for about forty miles on the marsh and
pass many rivers and lakes. The first that we pass
Is "Chei Menteur," which means "Boss or Big
Liar, so named suppose because when it rises it
does SO suddenly and floods the marsh. On our left
q lew miles from this is Lake Cathrene large and
beautiful lake. On our right we get glimpses of
bright water, which they call the Gulf but it is
Lake Born, which is an inlet from the gulf We
'Rgolets" or "Wrglets;" these are all very deep
ana drain the water from Lake Ponchartrain, that
wrote OF in my last letter. We pass a place called
English Lookout, so called learn, because the
English fleet, which was bringing tier army under
General buckingham in the war of 1872 was trying
to get through the Rigolets into Lake Ponchartrain
and then attack New Orleans back of the city Men
were stationed here to watch the fleet, and in that
way the place got the name of English Lookout"
Most ofyou viii remember that General Jackson de-
fcated him there after peace had been declared but
tEey did not know it. Then we pass Pearl river,
which separates Louisiana from Mississippi it is
deep broad stream, but at jackson, Miss is rather
n poor looking river
Now we get in the woods and all along the coast
are summer residences OF people who live in New
Orleans. The first is Warclona, then Ulmanvllle,
and then quite large town called Bay St. Louis
Livery now and then you see the gulf, or more
properly Mississippi sound. Bay st. Louis looks
pretty from the train in summer, and in the after
noon grown people and children are riding and
romping on the beautiful road that fronts the bay
and Tor six or eight miles you can if you go that far
see beautiful cottages The sheet of water called
Bay St. Louis is more than a mile wide where you
cross it and is very beautiful sheet of water but
very shallow. You will see long gang WAYS of
plank leading far in the bay to the little white bath
houses; even there the water would not be over the
head of boy six years old, so that hundreds of
little heads can be seen bobbing up in the water any
afternoon. This bay was so beautiful that when the
French first settled in this country they intended to
build city here instead of ut New Orleans, but
found the water too shallow for their shirs Away
out in the sound you can see islands looking green
and beautiful in the sparkling water, and in the
night you can see the lamps from the light houses
shining like big stars. We next pass Pass Christian
or 1.-THE Pass" as il is called. Perhaps the finest
hotel the coasts here and there are great many
visitors. We pass Biloxi, Mississippi City, Ocean
Ia. Bearyoir and many other small places At
~ eaIsFoir Mr. Davis lives, otT beloved president of
the southern coniederacy. Very many people visit
him, some because they honor him. Others from
curiosity, others to have him say something
that they can print in the newspapers At
the SOUTH of course we think him great
and wise man, but ut the north they think
differently and of course we would not
agree that, 1t is best to say nothing about it.
Near Ocean Pond is very large Methodist camp
ground where they have meetings during the sum
mer; but it seems to me | would prefer it in winter
for there are thousands of mosquitoes in summer.
We pass Mobile, formerly very rich place doing n
large business but not so prosperous now. We cross
the Mol lie river and then the Tensan river on n
bridge more than two thousand feet long. / wish |
had the nephews Il know the nieces would not go)
tc help me fish in these deep bayous we can see in
the swamp; we could catch more than we could
carry and perhaps knock the teeth out of big ALI.
gators mouth ifhe came too close to our boat. Now
we get to Floridton or Pensacola Junction, and as
we are on our way to some curious places in
Florida, we take another railroad and win sec
something of Florida next time
NUNCIE WIII.n